From the Sublime to the Meticulous: The Trillo Family Saga over Eight Centuries

The product of more than 40 years of research, this well-illustrated book covers the history of the UK-originating TRILLO family from medieval times to the present day. As the first known bearer of the name, 7th Century St. Trillo opens the story, which moves on to the medieval Trillowe family of Oxfordshire over two centuries, and then suggests links to various individuals in 15th and 16th Century Herefordshire, where the author’s family emerged in the ‘ancestral village’ of Pipe & Lyde in the 1560s; it is believed, and an attempt is made to show, that most ‘modern’ UK families originate from that same family). The fortunes of different branches of the family are described, including some who emigrated abroad (e.g. to Canada and New Zealand) and the narrative ends with the author’s family from his Great-grandfather William and all his descendants, including the author and his siblings. The text is accompanied by detailed Notes & References, a comprehensive Index and a series of Family Trees (49 in total), some constructed 44 years ago and added-to over the years, one drawn-up only in the last few weeks from a new Trillo correspondent. As always in genealogy, the story is never-ending and the search never stops; helpfully, a few ‘problems’ are listed for future family historians to focus on and, hopefully, solve!